There I was, in the lush green of the Pacific NW, after a day of photographing in a riotously colorful artist's studio. And I went crazy, couldn't stop shooting these walls at Ft. Worden.
Maybe it's the quilter I spent some time photographing in Ohio, earlier in June, and some talk we had about composition & color and space.
Wouldn't it be cool to make a knit or sewn or crocheted version of this?
and the colors. Love them.
Another quilt or blanket?
I admit I've been admiring the anti-graffiti paint smears in a New Haven underpass for months but never photographed them, so I was ready to love these.
I know, some of you are thinking, what is wrong with her? Go shoot some summer blooms!
Sorry, can't help it. A graphics professor once told me I zigged instead of zagged.
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
If you're missing the juicy color, don't worry, it'll be back verrry soon. I finished my tomato red shawl and am ready to show it
Ah, to be a zigger! I think that your graphics professor paid you the highest possible comment. My sister is an artist at heart and can be stopped in her tracks by the sight of rust on metal. I tend to miss most detail stuff, as I zag along.
ReplyDeleteI guess I must zig instead of zag too! I LOVE these photos and they WOULD make glorious quilts! Thanks for them. Of course I love your colors and flowers too...
ReplyDelete"Wouldn't it be cool to make a knit or sewn or crocheted version of this?"
ReplyDeleteYESYESyesYES
Who says they're not colorful?
xo Kay
VERRRRRRY inspirational photographs for the painter, crocheter, knitter in me, Gale!!! Excellente.
ReplyDeleteI love all the color and texture. Sometimes the most common things are the most thought provoking ;-)
ReplyDeleteIt took a moment to realize that the first frame was a photo, not a painting. I love it!
ReplyDeleteOr an embroidery version, the photos are fabulous. I LOVE old walls, and rusty old doors. I like that you captured the beauty of these old walls.
ReplyDeleteAn artistic friend of mine love the fallen faded flowers I forget to remove from the vase. She must be a zigger, too. Great colors and good eye. But when I looked at it and thought blanket I says to myself - oh, but it would have to be intarsia. No no no. Quilting? And embroidery overlays....
ReplyDeleteI think the photos are beautiful! I especially love the one with the stairs.
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to see the finished red shawl...
Thanks for sharing these photographs. I used to like graffiti as art, now mostly see it as blight. You turned it -- or the covering of it -- back into art for me.
ReplyDeleteLove photos number 1 and 5. The bits of blue in 5 are really special.
ReplyDeleteI like the window (is it?) too. Very quilty.
ReplyDeletehey! The fort is about 1/2 an hour away from my house! Wish i had known you were in the area. Gorgeous pics as always.
ReplyDeleteHi Gale, thanks for dropping by my blog! My sweet girl, Francesca, says "ruff!" with a happy-silly weimeraner smile. I adopted her less than 24 hours before she was to be euthanized because her previous owners decided she was "too much to handle." Terrible, right? I didn't even know it at the time. She is full of joy -- just like your photography! You find beauty in the most unexpected places -- peeling paint and rusty, worn stuff. Just wonderful & inspiring!
ReplyDeleteI'm always grateful when you show us the world through your eyes. Love all the photos!
ReplyDeleteThese photos are beautiful. Your eye found something that most people would pass by. Thank you for sharing your vision.
ReplyDeleteI love colors and imagess that give a sense of presence/absence.
ReplyDeleteAnd besides them being poetic, yes Gale, they could be knit, crocheted, or quilted!
Are you sure these are walls and not photos of the latest gallery exhibition?
ReplyDeleteJuicy color is nice, too, but I also love these shots. It reminds me of a movie I once saw called "The Subconscious Art of Graffiti Removal".
ReplyDeleteGreat inspiration for another crochet blanket.
ReplyDelete